The Holidays are beginning..

Here is an attempt to take the boys picture dressed in their church clothes. It turned out okay. It seems like the older the boys get the harder it is to get a good picture of them. Kade has always been the photogenic one in the family and this time he was the hardest.
Jordan wanted to start the tradition where we make an adventure in the mountains to let the kids pick and cutt down our Christmas Tree. They seem to really enjoy it. It was super cold that day. We took the 4-wheelers and built a fire to keep warm and roast hotdogs. I actually singed my hair and my eyebrow by getting to close to the fire.

Porter was so tired after the long day in the mountains, when we got home he just wanted his blankee pillow. He was such a trooper, he is like me and dosen't really care for the cold, while we were on top of the mountain all he would say is "cold mom truck."

I really wanted to get some pictures of us in the mountains, but when I pulled my camera out of my pocket it must of been so cold that it drained my battery.

I am so thankful for Jordan, he put so much work into getting the 4-wheelers hooked up and all the food and equipment ready for us. He took care of building the fire and pretty much everything while I sat in the truck with Porter. I'm glad he wanted to start such a good tradition so our boys would have great memories.

Potty Training Complete!!

We are so proud of Porter. He has been the easiest kid to potty train. It wasn't even our idea he just started telling us that he needed to go potty. I guess watching his older brothers really paid off. He dosen't even pee the bed at night. Now that potty training is complete the real work begins on taking away the sippy cup. Any suggestions???

Gingerbread Houses

Lindsey, Courtney, Kashia getting everything ready to decorate the gingerbread houses.
The boys thought it would be best if they made it a competition. Boys against girls to see who could decorate there houses the best..

Payton and Alexa sorting out there candy for decortating..

The final product. I think they both did a great job so we ruled it a tie..

Fall 2009

Here are the kids on Halloween. Sidney went as a Diva, Joel as a Ninja, Kade went as the black ninja, Benson as the white ninja, Porter as a crying monkey(did not like the costume), Vanessa as a football player and Tyler as Frankenstein.
This is what I orignially wanted Port to be, but after a minute of wearing the costume he started freaking out.

Andrea, Audra and I took all the kids to the pumpkin patch in Idaho Falls. They had alot of fun watching the guy carve pumpkins.

Dreana and Porter

Laynee, Porter, Dreana and Tyler taking a ride in the wheel barrel.

Benson, Vanessa and Jaxon on top of the straw bales waiting there turn to jump off.

This is what Labor Day consisted of for the kids. I can't believe it snowed and the kids were in heaven making a snow family.

Kade caught another snake like he does every year and this time he insisted on Jordan taking it his school.

This is him getting ready to show the snake to his class.

Summers Reunion!!

Every year there is a Summer's reunion. It was at Porter Park this year. The kids love going because they always have fun things for them. This year they had a dunk tank, and a cotton candy machine, but the best is all the yummy food that goes along with reunions.
This is all the boys wanted to was climb this rock fireplace, and of course Porter has to be right in the middle of it.

Hunting

Here are Jordan's hunting pictures. He got this deer on the first day of hunting. He went with a couple of good friends Brodee and Court.
They were up so high on the mountain that they were able to get cell service.

I'm glad Jord got the boys there deer this year. They were so excited when dad got home from the mountains with this deer. They kept asking Jordan is they could hang the head on there wall. It's to bad they have such a mean mom because she said absolutely not.

Craters of the Moon

Grandma Terri wanted to take the kids to Craters of the Moon last Saturday. She wanted to show the kids the volcano's and let them go inside the caves. They had alot of fun exploring. This is Grandma and Grandpa down in one of the caves with the kids.
She bought all the kids these head flash lights so they could have there hands free when walking around in the dark caves. I think they wore those head lights for days. Big Hit.

Porter was exhausted and Grandpa has bad knees so they hung out and watched from a distance.

Me and the kids raced up this mountain. It was so pretty when we reached the top, you could see everything I wish I would of taken my camera up there.